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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Appropriation <br />March 8, 2021 <br />Agenda Date Requested: <br />Requested By:Louis R. Rigby, Mayor Source of Funds:N/A <br />Department:City Council <br />Account Number: <br />Amount Budgeted: <br />ReportResolutionOrdinance <br />Amount Requested: <br />Exhibits: Resolution request <br />Budgeted Item:YesNo <br />Resolution 2021-36 <br />SUMMARY& RECOMMENDATION <br />The Cityhas received the attached request from Texas Representative Mary Ann <br />Perez, House District 144, for support of HB 1079, which she filed in January. The bill <br />stipulates that Notwithstanding any other law, a provision of an agreement related to <br />the relocation of the Battleship "Texas" after the repair and preservation of the <br />battleship is not valid unless the provision provides for the relocation of the battleship <br />to the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. <br />There is simply no placemore appropriatefor the Battleship Texas to be sited than the <br />birthplace of Texas and the site of the San Jacinto Monument. <br />ACTION REQUIRED BY CITY COUNCIL <br />Adopt Resolution 2021-36in support of HB 1079, to require the Battleship Texas <br />to be returned to the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site after <br />restoration. <br /> <br />